> Most people will do better for themselves financially by joining the elect of the fiefdoms of FAANG than by fruitlessly attempting to build a smaller company

> Most people will do better for themselves financially by joining the elect of the fiefdoms of FAANG than by fruitlessly attempting to build a smaller company or product... Perhaps, but not for actual, bonafide, geniuses and super-geniuses. Which is more than enough, it's not like having hundreds of challengers instead of dozens is 10x better, there's rapidly diminishing returns for society past the first few bonafide, competent, institutional challengers. It might even be net negative beyond a small amount.